Polling 9,468 people across APAC (including Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Australia), online research firm YouGov revealed that while a fifth (19%) of 16-24 year-old admitted to having a lazy work ethic, just 5% of those over 55 believed themselves to be lazy.

Similarly, in Singapore, 19% of Millennials felt they were lazy, while only 7% of those over 55 thought they had lazy work ethic.

On a whole, almost three-quarters of APAC respondents (71%) described their work ethic as hardworking, with just 13% seeing themselves as lazy.

Australians were the most likely to see themselves as hardworking among all APAC respondents. Four-fifths of respondents in Australia (79%) believed that they are hardworking in the workplace. While 72% of Singaporeans had the same sentiment.

By contrast, residents of Hong Kong were most likely to see their work ethic as lazy, with nearly a quarter (24%) citing their work ethic as lazy.